Re: Removing a needs-lock file

On Apr 26, 2005, at 9:50 PM, D.J. Heap wrote:

> Should 'svn rm' require the user to lock the file if it has
> svn:needs-lock set?
>
> It kind of seems like it should -- but an 'svn rm' command is not
> quite the same as discouraging an external program from
> modifying/deleting the file so I'm not sure what the intended behavior
> is.

Well, to enforce that would require a somewhat different line of coding
than we've currently been using...

In any case, I think it's OK that 'svn rm' can delete a file if
svn:needs-lock is set. The purpose of svn:needs-lock is to act in an
advisory capacity so as to prevent more than one person from making
changes to an unmergable file: Your editor should notice that the file
is read-only and notify you of this (then you can 'svn lock' the file
and go about your business).

If you 'svn rm' a file with svn:needs-lock and another user actually
has a lock on the file, your commit will fail. If you 'svn rm' a file
and no one else has a lock on the file, the nothing's lost.

-Fitz

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Received on Wed Apr 27 05:50:50 2005